Kwamé Holland is an American emcee who enjoyed brief popularity in the late-1980s and early-1990s. He is currently a music producer sometimes credited as K-1 Million or K1 Mil.
As a child, Holland was inspired by Stevie Wonder, Lionel Hampton, and Abdullah Ibrahim, who were family friends.
He was 16 when he released his debut album Kwamé the Boy Genius Featuring A New Beginning in 1989, which was produced by Hurby "Luv Bug" Azor.
A New Beginning was his backing band and Kwamé was one of the rare emcees at the time to use a live band.
The album spawned the singles "The Man We All Know and Love" and "The Rhythm." The accompanying music videos featured a polka-dot motif in the costumes and production design. This was to become Kwamé's trademark and started a hip hop fashion trend as fans began wearing polka-dotted clothing.
In 1990, his second album A Day in the Life: A Pokadelick Adventure was released. It was a concept album about a day in the life of a high school student. The album spawned the hit singles "Oneovdabigboiz" and "Ownlee Eue."
Holland is a cousin of Vin Diesel, who danced in some of his early music videos - Content Wikipedia
3 comments:
I'm gonna go all out and say Kwame was ahead of his time. I had both of his albums. Kwame: The Boy Genius was a dope record when it came out, I know I played the hell out of the cassette, lol. And I loved The New Beginning album. He looks silly now but back then Kwame was what they call Emo now. Hey Val, did you know that Kwame is a successful producer now?
I just realized that I used the word "now" way too many times...lol!
@Jason
Yeah he was def ahead of his time.
I didn't know he was a producer until I read his wiki page. I'm glad he's still around in the music biz.
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